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Re: 1 html search engine

#11

Post by k8o5 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:54 AM UTC

asplake wrote: post #8

A fun project no doubt, and the “No tracking” notice at the bottom is cool I guess, but I still won’t submit a search to a previously unknown page that lacks any kind of About link or privacy-related information. What does “No tracking” mean for in terms of logging, analysis, etc, for example?

Will update that. Thx for the feedback

Re: 1 html search engine

#12

Post by k8o5 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC

num42 wrote: post #7

I search for nano positioning stages. I didn't get much on that. BTW, great work. Keep it up. UI looks so good.

Thx :) Will try to make it more precise

Re: 1 html search engine

#13

Post by k8o5 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 3:39 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #6

Oh god. It knows that I google for UUIDs.

W

Re: 1 html search engine

#14

Post by k8o5 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 5:18 PM UTC

k8o5 wrote: post #11

asplake wrote: post #8

A fun project no doubt, and the “No tracking” notice at the bottom is cool I guess, but I still won’t submit a search to a previously unknown page that lacks any kind of About link or privacy-related information. What does “No tracking” mean for in terms of logging, analysis, etc, for example?

Will update that. Thx for the feedback

run the html local and you are fine xd

Re: 1 html search engine

#15

Post by antifarben » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

Wow, how does that work?

Re: 1 html search engine

#16

Post by k8o5 » Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 6:40 PM UTC

antifarben wrote: post #15

Wow, how does that work?

It's purely client-side aggregation. The entire "engine" is a single HTML file with vanilla JavaScript—no backend server required. When you type a query, it fires off parallel fetch() requests (using Promise.all) to public, CORS-friendly APIs like Algolia (for HN), Reddit’s public .json endpoints, and Wikipedia’s API. It then normalizes those JSON responses and injects them into the DOM. History and settings are just persisted in localStorage.